Author : Truman Capote
Publisher : Random House Incorporated
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 29,5 MB
Release : 1995-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780679443469
One unforgettable Christmas, young Truman Capote is sent from his childhood home and his beloved cousin Miss Sook to New Orleans, to a father he's never met. Far from the warmth and familiarity of small town dreams and family traditions, Truman learns the painful truths about his father, about Santa Claus, and about love lost and found.
Author : Katherine Rundell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 29,67 MB
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481491628
From beloved author Katherine Rundell comes a clever, funny, and poignant picture book about a lonely little boy who wishes not to be alone on Christmas. A young boy’s Christmas Eve wish on a shooting star leads to an adventure with an ever-hungry rocking horse, an angel whose wings are molting, a robin who has forgotten how to sing, and a rusting tin drummer boy in Katherine Rundell’s classic Christmas story, with Emily Sutton’s gorgeous paintings.
Author : Myra Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,9 MB
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1682998819
Graphic designer Natalie Pearce faces the most difficult Christmas of her life. For almost a year, her mother has lain in a nursing home, the victim of a massive stroke, and Natalie blames herself for not being there when it happened. Worse, she's allowed the monstrous load of guilt to drive a wedge between her and everyone she loves—most of all her husband Daniel. Her marriage is on the verge of dissolving, her prayer life is suffering, and she's one Christmas away from hitting rock bottom Junior-high basketball coach Daniel Pearce is at his wit's end. Nothing he's done has been able to break through the wall Natalie has erected between them. And their daughter Lissa's adolescent rebellion isn't helping matters. As Daniel's hope reaches its lowest ebb, he wonders if this Christmas will spell the end of his marriage and the loss of everything he holds dear.
Author : Martin Waddell
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1408344483
Discover the magic of the very first Christmas with this classic picture book. From the author of Owl Babies and Can't You Sleep Little Bear? It's a cold winter's night, and Kind Ox is in his stable. One by one, the animals come, and Kind Ox gives each of them a bed for the night. Until eventually, Tired Donkey arrives with some very special passengers... Retold from the perspective of the animals in the stable, this beautiful book will bring the Christmas story to life for even the youngest children. A true Christmas classic, with a universal message about kindness, this is a book to be treasured and shared by every family. Martin Waddell is one of the greatest living writers of books for children. He has won multiple awards for his work, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award.
Author : Truman Capote
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 45,32 MB
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0385392761
A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship between them.
Author : Alex T. Smith
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 39,63 MB
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1529083583
Join a brave little mouse on a big Christmas adventure! This is the chapter book edition of Alex T. Smith's modern Christmas classic How Winston Delivered Christmas, with gorgeous black and white illustrations from the author throughout – the perfect festive gift for newly confident readers. Winston is on a Very Important Mission. On Christmas Eve, he finds a letter to Father Christmas that did not make it to the post box – so, with no time to lose, he sets out to deliver it himself in time for Christmas Day! He has a lot of Very Exciting Adventures on his Very Important Mission and makes some wonderful friends along the way. Will he find Father Christmas in time? How Winston Delivered Christmas is a heartwarming illustrated story by Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude series.
Author : Nicholas Oldland
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 39,83 MB
Release : 2024-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1525313266
The lovable trio is back — just in time for Christmas! The bear, the moose and the beaver have forgotten the most important Christmas decoration of all — the tree! Rushing through the snowy forest, they reject one tree after another, until the friends finally spot the perfect one. But just as the beaver is about to chop it down, the bear stops him. He can’t allow it to be harmed; it is much too beautiful! But his friends disagree. They need this tree! Is there a way to have a perfect Christmas — without chopping down the perfect tree? Life in the wild can be a bit … unexpected! Just the way kids love it!
Author : David Bercuson
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 35,52 MB
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781585678464
Herwig and Bercuson grippingly recreate the dramatic days of the Washington War Conference of 1941-42, using the diaries, meeting notes and personal letters of the key characters. One Christmas in Washington is the authoritative and emotional story of two proud and accomplished men struggling to overcome their own biases, suspicion, and hubris to create what turned out to be a war-winning alliance.
Author : Brenda Jackson
Publisher : Mills & Boon
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,11 MB
Release : 2023-11-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781848458635
Jackson brings the quaint Southern town to life in a memorable holiday romance complete with affable characters. Can a sprinkle of magic heal a broken heart?--Publisher description.
Author : M. Christina Butler
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,1 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Animals
ISBN : 9781561487271
Little Hedgehog gets his house ready for Christmas, but must make a mad dash in the cold and dark to find presents for his friends.
